As we enter 2019, we seem to be carrying forward into a new year all the uncertainties of 2018, with Brexit impacting Europe, US presidential policies causing unease and uncertainty, and trade with China looking problematical. How in this environment can marketeers...

I’m not often one to call out our own praises, but on this occasion, I think I can make an exception. At Ascendant (www.ascendcomms.net) we’re very proud to announce that this week is the 15thanniversary since our founding in 2003. Working during that time with...

For many in the UK, the prospect of the Labour Party, under its veteran hard-left leader Jeremy Corbyn, doing well in the 8 June election when it was announced eight weeks ago seemed distant and unlikely. Yet, when the results came in, Labour has increased its...

We are very pleased to announce that Ascendant has been listed in B2B Marketing Magazine’s ‘Top 20 UK B2B PR Agencies – 2017’. We have worked hard in the last year to help support our clients, and it is great to see that this has paid off and that the results we have...

I realized the other day that in 2017 I will have worked in B2B tech PR for 20 years – having got that sobering fact out of the way, I then started to think about what ups and downs I had experienced in that time; working for a Dotcom in Silicon Valley in 1999, seen...

Interesting article appeared last week (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-37846860) on the raise of fake news websites on the internet, and the danger that these pose to legitimate news gathering, dissemination and public consumption and education. A couple of...